a garden in transitionhas a comfort and rhythm to itthough autumn is just a hint in the airthe golds and browns are inevitable and honoredwe also experience change in the garden of our livesas leaves change and flutter in the gentle warm air

A comfort and a rhythm. Yes. Although I have only learned to embrace the end of summer in the last couple of years, I have at last learned to do so, learned to pay attention to its secrets & messages, to love this rhythm. Here the trees will be green for quite a bit longer, as you know, but leaves are falling nonetheless and filling my driveway and sidewalks, the squirrels are eating green pecans and tossing the leftovers at our heads - there will be no pecans left for us. :)

Love the crisp, blue and warm afternoons and the nip of cold at night. Love the reds and oranges of vine maples as they flame out just to show us how talented they are. Love the gourds and mums that start gracing the entry to the grocery stores, reminding us how lucky we are to perceive color.

I just found your blog by reading what Mrs. e had to say about you on another blog. Your pictures are fabulous. I want to be able to take pictures like this, but my shutter speed is so slow, they always come out blurry b/c I can't hold the camera still enough. It is only a $200 Nikon p&s, so it probably just isn't a good enough camera, but I don't know. Maybe I don't know how to set the shutter speed or use the right setting etc.

*sigh*

Anyway, I enjoyed these photos of yours and will follow you so I don't miss anything of yours in the future.